Legalistic
Marchin toward a cliff
And fallin off
I follow The Spirit
Not the order or the law
Stuck on technicalities
Drowning in formalities
Revolution
Til the day I answer to God
It was legal to own slaves
Legal to segregate
But it was criminal
To marry into a different race
It was criminal
To help us hide on the freedom train
Morality and law abiding
Ain't never been the same
Muhammad Ali went to prison
Because he wouldn't fight
And murder for a nation
Disrespecting his human rights
Rosa Parks to Mandela
Tubman to Jesus Christ
It's godly to be a criminal
When the law isn't right
That's word to freedom riders
And students for Palestine
That's word to Huey
And The Black Panthers still doin time
That's word to all the guilty
When liberation's a crime
Raise a fist to the heavens
And love a felon tonight
Legalistic
Marchin toward a cliff
And fallin off
I follow The Spirit
Not the order or the law
Stuck on technicalities
Drowning in formalities
Revolution
Til the day I answer to God
On Jesus Christo
The U.S. finito
If we try to run this nation
No help from the people
Who reap in the heat cold
Roll your burritos
You know the west coast
Used to be Mexico
Cruel joke
How you deport
Indigenous brown folk
While your businesses
Exploiting em under the table
Less than minimum wage
Long days no breaks
Too afraid to draw attention
So they never complain
Crash would come fast
Couldn't last 24
If the whole undocumented
Labor force stayed home
Western nations invaded
Countries all around the globe
Plundered their resource
Then hate em for being po
Imagine sneakin past
The guns at border control
Just to feed your hungry children
With a piece of what was stole
Left everything you know
And risking your own life
To live in the shadows
So your babies can thrive
That's a powerful hope
With a touch of divine
If compassion is illegal
Then I'm ready for crime
Legalistic
Marchin toward a cliff
And fallin off
I follow The Spirit
Not the order or The Law
Stuck on technicalities
Drowning in formalities
Revolution
Til the day I answer to God
You see the word of God says
I care very little if I am judged by you
Or by any human court
Indeed I do not even judge myself
My conscience is clear
But that does not make me innocent
It is the Lord who judges me
Therefore judge nothing before
The appointed time
Wait until the Lord comes
God will bring to light
What is hidden in darkness
And will expose
The motives of the heart